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Old 07-20-2018, 12:56 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by ursus View Post
I bought a number of NOS and NORS parts from a guy several years ago. He would have to search his memory for a price for each item and would ask for whatever he thought it cost him when he acquired it some 20-30 years before. I was surprised to be buying things at a cost far below the prevailing swap meet prices. He told me that the Model A hobby was just a hobby for him and that trying to make a profit from it was an unnecessary distraction from his enjoyment of the cars and the people that also enjoyed them.
That's a good story, and what was that guys phone number again?.....
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